Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers
Seen it?1998 | 1 seasons | 30 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and a short run with a modest audience, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 22 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Beast Wars II refers to the 1998 Japanese Transformers television animated series, and the movie and toyline that resulted from it. The series was preceded by Beast Wars, and was followed by Beast Wars Neo. The series has a much lighter tone and is aimed more towards children, whereas the more accessible Beast Wars was intended for a wider age range. The series also uses conventional animation rather than CGI like Beast Wars: Transformers. With the exceptions of the faction leaders, all of the characters within the series are either re-molds or re-colors of earlier Beast Wars figures or Generation 2/Machine Wars figures. In addition to the 43 episodes, there is also a 50-minute movie, Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call!, which takes place sometime between episodes 32 and 38.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 19K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Shōji Imaki
- Hozumi GodaLio Convoy (voice)
- Tetsuo KomuraGalvatron / Narrator (voice)
- Chieko HiguchiArtemis (voice)
- Yumiko KobayashiLio Junior / Magnaboss (voice)
- Daisuke IshikawaMotorarm (voice)
- Eiji TakemotoDirge / Dirgegun (voice)
- Haruhi NanaoNavichan (voice)
- Hiroaki HarakawaSanton (voice)
- Hiroaki IchinowatariSea Phantom (voice)
- Hiroki TakahashiStarscream / Hellscream / Autolauncher / Mantis